Meaning & use
snail
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A slow-moving mollusk with a soft body typically protected by a coiled shell.
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A snail slowly made its way across the garden path after the rain.
In France, snails are served as a delicacy called escargot.
A note on using this word
'At a snail's pace' is a common idiom describing extremely slow progress.
Words with a similar meaning
mollusk
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